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The BCUL’s Africanist library has recently been enlarged thanks to a gift from Professor Jean-Marie Volet. After leaving Switzerland in the mid-1980s, his academic career took place in Australia, where he discovered the literature of French-speaking African women. 3500 volumes – as well as boxes of the researcher’sarchives , the heart of the links forged […]

Discover the third episode in our series From Sign to Sound, dedicated to the art of interpretation. In the spotlight this time, one of the most famous pianists, who died 10 years ago: Sviatoslav Richter. “The performer is really an executor, having to reproduce the composer’s intentions to the letter; he must add nothing that […]

Lausanne’s film magazine is now available online! “Why “TRAVELLING J”? Because it didn’t exist. While there are several film magazines in Switzerland, none are written in French specifically for young people. As a popular art form, cinema touches every stratum of society. But film culture? “Travelling J”: the young, objective guide you need! […] In […]

Which book would you take with you on your climate exile? Or, more seriously, in what ways do the human sciences, and literary disciplines in particular, take up the issues surrounding the environment, the ecological crisis and sustainability? How can the study of literature help us to take stock of the social and symbolic dimensions […]

September means back to school and back to the daily grind for older children… The vacations seem like a distant memory, with the songs of the cicadas and the steady hum of the fans lulling us to sleep on warm summer nights… Although the summer season doesn’t seem to be giving way any time soon […]

The BCUL is pleased to be associated once again with the Lausanne Bach Festival, offering a targeted selection of documents directly linked to the program of this 24th edition. Bach and his works will no longer hold any secrets for you! The BCUL puts music in the spotlight on the Riponne site: books, sheet music, […]